Hitching-strap



No. 749,726. V PATENTED JAN. 19, 1904. B. J. PENN. HITGHING STRAP.

APPLICATION FILED OCT. 9, 1903. N0 MODEL.

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PATENT ()EFICE. I

EDWARD J. FENN, OF NEW DECATUR, ALABAMA.

HlTCHING-STRAP.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 749,726, dated January19, 1904.

Application filed October 9, 1903.

To all whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD J. FENN, a citizen of the United States,residing at New Decatur, Morgan county, Alabama, have invented certainnew and useful Improvements in Hitching-Straps, of which the followingis a specification.

The present invention relates to an improvement in hitching-straps, andhas for its object to provide a device which can be readily connected atone end to the harness of the animal to be hitched and have its otherend securely fastened to a post or other object, regardless of thediameter of the latter.

Figure 1 is a view of a hitching device constructed in accordance withthe present invention, showing the parts in the positions occupied whenthe device is in use. Fig. 2 isa view of the device with its parts inthe positions occupied when not in use.

Referring to the drawings, in both figures of which like referencecharacters indicate corresponding parts, 1 designates a strap or band toone end of which is secured a snap-hook 2 or other means by which thestrap can be connected to a harness. A buckle 3 is secured to the strapby a leather slide, having a portion 4 extending about the strap andpermitting the buckle to be adjusted longitudinally thereof. The loop 4of the leather buckle-slide is of such form and size as to permit theslide and buckle to move freely over that portion of the strap or band 1in which are formed a plurality of holes 5 of a size permitting thepassage of the tongue of the buckle therethrough. Between the saidapertures 5 and the end of the strap to which the hook 2 is attached thestrap is increased somewhat in width, and when the buckle-slide is soadjusted as to engage such wider section 6 of the strap it will beheldstationary on the strap and cannot be moved from such position withoutthe application of an appreciable amount of force.

In using the hitching device the snap-hook 2 is engaged with a suitablepart of the harness, and the free end of the strap is passed around thepost or the object to which the ani- Serial No. 176,380. (No model.)

mal is to be hitched and through the buckle 3. The tongue of the buckleis engaged with the proper hole or aperture 5 and passed through a guide7 on the top of the leather slide, by which the buckle is carried. Itwill be apparent that the device can thus be securely fastened to postsof difierent diameters and that any strain or pull exerted on the strapwill act to more securely bind it to the post.

When not in use, the buckle-slide can be adjusted on the strap until itengages the wider section 6 thereof, in which position it will be heldfrom accidental displacement, even if the free end of the strap isdisengaged from the buckle.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new, and desiredto be secured by Letters Patent, is-

1. The herein-described hitching device,

consisting of a strap or band adapted to be connected at one end to theanimal to be hitched and having a portion thereof increased in width,and a fastening device connected to said strap or band by a slide thatis movable over the relatively narrow sections of said strap and will beheld from movement when engaged with the wider section thereof.

2. The herein-described hitching device, consisting of a strap or bandhaving a plurality of apertures formed therein and adapted "to beconnected at one end to the animal to be hitched, said strap beingincreased in width between said end and the series of apertures formedin its body, and a buckle secured to the strap by a slide that ismovable freely over the apertured part of the strap, whereby the tonguethereof can enter either of said apertures, and said slide is adapted tobe held from movement when engaged with said wider section ofthe strap.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in thepresence of two subscribing witnesses.

EDWARD J. FENN.

Witnesses:

F. A. BLOODWOR'IH, W. A. BIBB.

